Mineral nutrition and alimentary pools in muskoxen and caribou on the Angujaartorfiup Nunaa range in West Greenland

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Staaland, Hans, Olesen, Carsten Riis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1999
• Subjects: Ovibos moschatus; Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; alimentary tract; minerals; omasum; caecum; grazing strategy; Greenland; Angujaartorfiup Nunaa; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; Søndre strømfjord
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/293; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.19.1.293

Minerals (Na, K, Cl, Ca, P, Mg) and crude protein concentrations as well as total contents were measured throughout the alimentary tract of muskoxen and caribou from Angujaatorfiup Nunaa range, Søndre Strømfjord area in West Greenland. The muskoxen had significantly higher K concentrations in the ca...